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James Lingan made the presentation address. Ivir. Davis, after expressing grati tude for the kindness and honor con ferred, recapitulated the STIRRING EVENTS OF THF WAK, and hardships endured. Hesaidthat the question of the State right of se cession ir. 1SG1 was at least debata ble ; but the course pursued by the Federal government after the war had ceased indicated the judgment of those who held separation to be nec essary for the safety and freedom o? the Southern States. The unsuccess ful attempt to separate left those in power to work their will, as it had been manifested when they first got control of the government. The events are too recent to require re capitulation, and the ruin they have developed requires no other memorial than the material and inor?l wreck which the country presents. The speaker re: ssured his hearers of his unshaken OJELIEF IN THE RIGHT OF SECESSION and the duty of a citizen to battle for the cause of his State. After se cession, he reviewed the campaigns ! from Fori Henry to Shiloh, and ' speaking of Albeit Sidney Johnson, he said : "Was it his grand presence inspired you with unmeasured conti ?Hice and the hope of happier day? ffirketf the opportunity should offer '.' r Or was ?. that your judgment told you that yea fallowed, as I verily be lieve/ou did; iles greatest soldier, the ablest man, civil cr military, Con federate or Federal ?" Mr. pa;-is then reviewed the operations about Vicks burg ind Fort Hudson, and spoke in glowing ?2ffti5 of their defenders. He said: " Let $9 ,one suppose that in thus vindicating ,oux ??se in pay ing due trib?tete yourgal?aj3?deeds, I am seeking to j ?T3TURU SUCH PEACE AS WE ii AVE, | ?sr #void the logic of event3 You ?lave Lc&& your duty in the past, and J. would ask ??0 ?ore than that you should fulfill .equafV ?rell the duties af the present and the futat?. The bravest are, aa a. rule, the gentlest.: and they are also tLs truest to every obligation assumed. You struck for independence and were unsuccessful. You agreed to return to the Union 00/3. abide by the constitution and the law* made in conformity with it. Thus ia, and no farther, do I under stand yom- promise to extend ?KE i-OAD TO RUIN. Pteferring to the legislation of Con gress which followed th? car, he said : Th? tax payers know that in creased birrden was imposed on them by contracts ?*4e with bondholder merchants and sb^ owners-know that we have Jost carrying trade, and to what will they assign a policy which prevents the re-registration o?' American ships that had changed flag Awing the war ; which imposes such .finfcg upon raw material as to in-' ^erfere fir#h ship building, and pro hibits the registration of a foreign ?MHk.?lwp., rhru-^h .it. be bv_?urchase tt'ae- property of ?iti/.eu.? of the United States ? Will the peopif, if worthy tho source of all power, allow z. tang ?CO itinuar.ee of such palpqple WRONGS TO THE MASSES, 'stich ra^o* P? interests which have ?been equally &'ir pride and means of prosperity? A ?V',-71 of government m fist 001 respond id j:Uv .character of the people for which it "is ap.ruopiate, it ia, therefore, that republic .have failed v; he neyer corruption enters t&e body politic and renders the peo ple unworthy to rule. Then they become the fit subjects of despojara, and A DESPOT IS ALWAYS AT HAND to respond to the call. A Cn??ar could not subject a people who were fit to be free, nor could a Brutus save them if ihey vere fit for subjugation. The fortitude with which our people have borne the oppression imposed ^?1 them since the war dosed : the ?resiente will with which they have .3trug?jv?d. against poverty and official ,pillage, ?if] their highest glory and .give the: (?^st a ouranee of final ,triu:uph. $?$49*? we rejoice in THE REGAAK???. ?0.$S?.???srON. . of local self government., ia ??e pow ^ro?f the people to choose their owu tfe^v^entatives and to iegislate not . controfad by the bayonet. This is sthe great ,victory and promises an cjiwr ns.the sequence to it-a t;t?l t^op ?pterference by the federal gov ernment with the domestic alla the State. The renewal of the honered. DOCTRINE OF STATU SOVEREIGN and the supremacy of the law secure permanent peace, freedon prosperity. The constitution oi United States, interpreted as it by those who madeit, is the prop rod to sweeten the bitter water which ilowed the strife, the can the misery and the shame of the as well as the foils of the pre Every evil which has befallen institutions is directly traceabl the perversion of the Union and usurpation by the Federal governr of undelegated powers. Let ONE MEMORABLE EXAMPL3 Euffice for illustration. \Yher> '. souri asked for admission as &? S into the LTnion, to which she hi two fold right under the constitu and usages of the United States, also under the terms of the treat) which the territory was acquired, application was resisted and her mission was finally purchased by unconstitutional conces?ion, misca the Missouri compromise. When establishment of a political geoj phical line was announced to apostle of Democracy, who full years and honors, in retirement wat ed with profound solicitude the cou of the government he had so mai contributed toinugurate, hisprophi vision saw the end of which this 1 the beginning. The news fell uj his ear " like a a fire ball at nigh Men had differed and would dii about measures and public policy cording to their circumstances mental characteristics. Such din* enees tended to th* elucidation of t truth, and the TRIUiirn OF REASON OVER ERROR. Parties so founded would not be si tionai. but when the Federal <;ovei mont made a parallel of latitud, political line, a sectional party cou uot fulfill the end? ihr which i Union was ordained and establish? If the limitations of the constitutif had been.observed and its purpos had directed federal legislation, i such act could have been passed. THE UP OF PANDORA'S cox might have remained closed, and tl country have escaped a long train similar aggressions, which aggra; d.zecl one'seotiuii, *Tinpovei*iM7td :i other, and, adding insult to injin finally destroyed the fraternity wLl. had bound them together. It wi no part of my purpose, as has ah ead been shown, to discuss the politics i the day, thoi;^ the dee]? inter?s which I must ever ieel ia the aiidi; of the country, has not alic wei ii to ignore them: and will not perm me to be unobservant of pass'in events, er indifferent to ?Uii ??U>IILIATING EXPOSURES to which the Feder*! government 1 ! of late been subjected.. Separate from any active participations in pu! lie affairs, I may not properly jude of those who have to bear the hei and buic?.t? pf the day. Piepresen iug no one, it woyld be quite ni reasonable to hold any other i ?spot aibl? for the opinions which I ma entertain. I?QW or when a reston tion of the government to the prit ciples and practices of its earlie period may be accomplished, it i not given us to foresee. For me i remains only earnestly to hope an hopefully to believe though I ma not see it, that 'rh:; aSSTORATION WILL COME. To disbelieve tuis, ;s to discredi the popular intelligence and inifigri ty on which self government mus necessarily depend. Though severe ly tried, my faith in the people is nc lost, aad I trust, though I should no live to see ?he ,hcpe realized, thai, i will be permited' ??e ?o die bel ?evin that the principies ?n ?rfcf.?h ou fathers founded their government WILL FINALLY PI EVA IL throughout the html, wi.J the end for which it was instituted yet be at i tai ned and rendered as perpetual a raaay institutions may be. 1 hav said wa ney see how this may b brought to pa?s, i.;v,? it ,:: ~ci so diffi cult to determine what mean? ar needful to secure the result. Firs to order and importance-for it i the corner stone of the edifice j thfi elective franchise must bi .ntelligfcntij, ;;.;.'d honestly exercises let there .be no class ^ablation, lov taxes, low salaries, no perqu'ifci,i&?, a;?; let the official be held to a strict ac j cow?;?aJ)j?ty to his constituents. I NEPOY?SM ? SJ.' ' .' I FT TA KI N< ; lb' fl public ngent deserves i};js sever est censure, and the bestowal ol' tbi ptople'fl offices as a reward for parti san service should be held as a gros' breach, of f rust. Let not such offens? be condoned io/. Jn a government ? of the people there can ?,.c- no abtse. permissible as useful co un ter-acting ?each other. Truth and justice ami ; honor presided at tho birth of oui Federal Union, and its mission car only be performed by their continua] , attendance upon it. For this there : ia not needed a condition of human C?ife&ibility, but only so much ol virtue a. wi?I ?entro! voice and teach THE MERCENARY A Ni? 8??&^gEEJKING that power, and distinotion, and honor, will be awarded to patriotism, capacity and integrity. To yopr self sacrificing, self-denying defenders of imperishable truths and inalienable rights, I look for the performance of whatever men can do for the wel ; fare and happiness of the country. During the delivery of the address. ' Mr. Davis was frequently applauded, ORIGIN OF THE WHITE TRASH. A negro preacher delivered a fun eral discourse over the body of an old colored brother, in which he gave an account of the genesis of the epe cies [white] which threw Darwin and all of his vain philosophy of molecular, granular s<nd atomic crea tion completely in the shade. "My bredrjn, when Adara and Eoe was fus made, deli was bof Dig gers. But de good Lord put dem in de garden where he had summer ap ple?, and tole 'em, Adam, you and Ebe may eat de*u summer apples much as you wa *;, but you jest let j j dem Fowler apples be-I dun save | ] dem for my own special toof ; deise like sheep meet, too good for niggers. Den de good Lord went oft' 'bout his biznis lemonadin np and down de arth hun'in who he mount sabe up. But he no sooner tun he baak dan jes like two fool niggers Adam and Ebe steale all de Fowler apples; Ebe tek de fus one, smack her lubly tick lips and 'quired ob Adam, how is dat for hi ? Adara said dat it was all 0. K, an deb went fur dem Fowl er apples like de hethin chinee. Bimebi de Lord comes back, and do fust tin? he said was " Adam where my Fowler apples ?" Den Adam got skeered, and said, "I don't know Lord, but I speck Ebe got em." An de Lord went to Ebe and say, Ebe you got dem Fowler Apples, den Ebc got skeered and s^aid : Dunno Lord, but I kinder spec dat fool nigger Adam tek em. Deride Lord git so mud he fairly sraac he tcet. He stomped b.ic up to where Adam was sti' idin like a sheep killin dog an he mek de groun fairly shake when he say, Adam, yon*grAn ole tief, what for you steal my Fowler apples? Adam got so skeered he tun white as a sheet ; and my belubbed bredr.n. he nebber got black any mu', and dat counts for de po' white trash wc see Hy in lound beal) so gran, vet in de Di miera t ticket ! Le', us look to de Lord and bc diemist.' THE HEAT AT Q??KF. Thc effect, of the intense bea! yes terday was fearful. Sunstroke wen ol' frequent occurrence, and liursi ? ..vere stricken down by the d./. n until .canisters and liverymen Lund it necessary to take unusual piecau tions to sayo tjjejf animals. Men at work in exposed places also suffered to an extraordinary degree, and a number of deaths in consequence ol the heat are reported. No such ex treme and long continued Lot weather has been experienced in Quincy for four years, &u4 syen at that time, it is said, the mercury did not reach so high a point as has been recorded since Thursday. Luge numbers ol cattle are dying from the heat. Par ticularly do those on the trains and in the stock yards suffer. Mr. Har grove, of Kansas, arrived here from the "West last night with a shipment of cattle for the East, and found eleven dead in the cars; another died to-day, and three more will probably perish. Iii? loss alone will reach $1,000. Farmers in the vicini ty say that stock-horses, cattle and hogs-will die by hundreds if this weather continues even a few days longer.-Quincy W/ii<j. LITTLE DAMVY AND HIS DEAD MOTHER. " I've just been down in the parlor to see ma* ma. She's in a long box with Howers on her. I wish she'd 1 cor-e a?d bathe my head-it aches so. Nobody ever makes it feei good bul mamma. She knew how it hurt rae, and she ute;! to read to me out of a little book how my head would get well and would not ache any more some day. I wish it was "some day" now. Nobody likes me but mamma, j That's 'ca;;?s Lye got a sick head. . Ma rn ma used to take me in her arms j and ay. When I asked her what's ' the matter she would say, " I'm only ! tired, darling." I guess Aunt Agnes made her tired, for when she came i i and stayed all day mamma would I tafce pe up in the evening on her lap j anil cry awful iizrft. I ain't hail any , dinner to day. Mamma always gave me my dinner and a little teeny pud din" with " D," for " Danny," on thc ; top. ? like little puddings with D's ; on top. 1 like to sit in ray little chair j by the fire and eat'era. I wish mamma ! wouldn't stay in the long box. I guess Aunt Agnes put her (hero, 'cause she put all the tlower trimmings on and I sb.Q.WS hpr 10 everybody. There ain't ; any fire ;n t?i.c gp>te, but I guess I'll sit Lyjtanu. make Reliev e Htere ??.? !! get ray little dish and spoon and play I've got a pudding w;th D for Danny on it. But anyway I want mamma so bad. Greenville County favor.? and will | ad??pt the primary system of nomi? na?ir,? can$(}at6s. Its not probable that any of the old members will be re-tlectcd to Lite Legislature; POL THOMAS GUM Um, OF KWIRKIKI.D. I Written by Gov. M. L. Bonham ] Thomas Glascock Bacon, was born in the Village of Edgefield, 24th Tune, 1*12, and died at his planta tion "Pine Ponds," on the C. C. & A. Et. R., September the 25th, 1870. He waa the third son of Major Edmund Bacon, an eloquent and distinguished member of the ' Edgefield bar-a ge nial and accomplished gentleman ol Lbe old school, who was cut off too ?arly in life to reach that full fame ?vhicli nature had jitted him to at ;ain, and was named after his uncle, Brigadier General Tboi?ay Glascock, >f Georgia, a distinguished officer of he Revolationary War. Col. Bacon received a classical ed ication at the Pendleton Academy, uider Mr. Wm. Henry Mcclintock, ind at the Edgefield Academy, under Professor Samuel M. Sta fiord, two ol he best instructors and most accom .lished scholars of the day. He was bud of the classiis, standing at all ?mes high ir. his classes, and had he ollowed his studies through a colle ;iate course, would unquestionably iave carried oil high honors there. Though not large of stature he pos essed a wiry, nervous, sinewy frame, nd was always a match for thc best, A all manly sports. His affectionate imposition toward bis playmates and is high sense ol' justice and fairness lade him a favorite with all. After reaching his majority, he mbarked in mercantile pursuits, but beral and indulgent to a fault, e was not fitted for success in that ne. In May 1S45, he was appointed by .ow Means, Clerk of the Court cf ?eneral Sessions and Common Pleas, ll an election should be held, and t that election he received one o! ie largest majorities ever given in lie District -o this oliioa Lewa'? ?ected for four successive terms, ?x:een wars, and until he voluntan ..retired. The duties of the office e performed not only well and salis ic tori ly, but willi nunbJ success, [any here will remember, with what )lemn and imposing effect he ar. iigned prisoners charged with tho rime of murder, both for the trial, nd when convicted-, , to receive tn?r ^nt'-'iji-e-tn-CT?" cotrrt-sormrrtrroi; 'hieb few successfully accomplish. At different periods, lie bore an ctive part in the military service ct lie country. When quite young he :ent into the first Florida campaign gainst the Semiuole Indians, as a er gean t in Capt. Jones' Company of Biues," where he performed eveiy uty and met every danger with the trictest fidelity and highest courage. Ihe writer of this was his mess-mate, lept under the same blanket will ira, and there gained a full compre tension of the true worth of our de cried fellow-citizen, for there i? no lace like a camp, to learn human haracter. Afterwards he command d, fir a time, the upper battalion of he Seventh Regimeiit of S. C. Mili ta ; but it was at a period of no mil t.iry or political interest, and this lositio:) he soon relinquished. On the breaking out of the war be ween the States, he was plected in he moit.complimentiry manner, by he Seventh S. C. Volunteers-a band if as patriotic and gallant soldiers as :ver drew a 8 ff ord or shouldered a nusket-as their regimental com nander. His regiment constituted a ?art ol that hue brigade cf S. G. Volunteers known in 'Ol as " Hon iara's B'-i^ade," an?] afterwards so io distinguished as " Kershaw'e Brig ide." At the iirst battle of Man as ?as, his regiment was all the day un ter the cannonading ol the enemy, villi a part of Beauregard's army >07eting the passes of Bull Run, ffhich led directly to the fortified ..ill?ge ot' Maoassas. Col. Bacon ai rase! f occupied, mo.st. o? the day, : in exposed position in a high tree )verlool-ing the field, known after ivaids as Bacon's tree, from which :?y the aid of a field-glass he furnish id thc commander of his brigade with useful information of the ene cflv's movements. Had the occasion offered during his term ol' service to head a charge upon die enemy's line no more gallant leader wou'd have been found in that army, composed of as brave and patiiotic spirits as ever defended a righteous cause. He possessed the unbounded confideme and affection of his tuen, and had but. to express fhe desire in order to have retained his position. |2r,t ;;ft;-r a year's service, on account ol railing health, at the reorganizion of tho regiment, he declined a re election. But notwithstanding his state ol health, so devoted was he to the uow lost cause t hat in the fall of '(>2 he ac cepted the command, for three months, ol' the Seventh Regiment of State Reserves. Subsequently in '63 he accepted a aeaj; ip tho State Spnatg, to fill an unexpired teim, witli the express understanding that he wa3 to be excused after its expiration from longer service in that capacity. And in every position in which he was placed by his countrymen, he per formed every duty in a manner be? fitting toe gallant fidler and patri otic gentleman, \ inr mr JUL. IL On retiring from the office of Clerk j of the Court, he devoted much of his 1 time to agricultura] pursuits; andi being passionately fond of horse?, also' to raising fine blooded stock, owning) and running himself many ol the best and fast? st horses known to the i turf. Di? satisfied wu h the conduct of many of the turfmen with whom he was brought into contact, lie, in the last few years oj" life, with drew very much from the turf, though he continued to raise line blooded stock. He was one of the few left ; ai thai order.of turfmen who were h?M-?jilu? '-V* ' -'- - Vu' . Hampton, ?'urgerson, and others 0:' the same stamp, and being always I fond of agricultural pursuits, was' giving Lis time, almost exclusively, to the development of his fine farm, which he was fast making, in despite ni the,new order of labor, one ol the best in 1 Li is section. He was one 0! | the first among cs lo unite with 'he Order ot Talions of- Husbandry, and continued,- to the ?jsy'oj ins death.! one of its most active and etiicienl members. He appreciated the wis dom of the movement, which has for its'grand object Ihe improvement of I the social, intellectual, and inciden tally the financial condition of the agriculturists of our country, who, constituting immeasurably the larger part of the whole country, are the foundation, prop and support ol' its wealth and prosperity. Strong in his friendships, and earn est in hiu Opposition, but willi a pla cable and forgiving temperament; pure in his motives, charitable in all things, generous to the needy, affec tionate to his relatives and friends, chivalric and honorable in every re lation of life, brave in action, and with that fortitude under adverse circumstances which makes heroes, few have lived and died, among us with so much of the love and admi ration of bis fellow men as Thomas Glascock Bacon. Col. Bacon left no children, but his widow survives him, and, on her pa ternal estate of " Pine Ponds," lives to cherish the memory of her de parted husband, to be a stay to many frja* da and relatives, and tob;'honored anrfVed in the comnun'ty that surrounds her. Theironly child, a no ble little boy who lived to the age ol nine years, departed this life while his parents '.vere still young. Dp vTP r?F Oxi* OF Er><d'{'?Kr.nV:Mr.sT PROMINENT MEX. A gloom has been cast over Edge field County by the death of Colonel Thoma.-: G. Bacon, at bis residence it. I hat-County, on last Monday. Colo nel Bacon was th?; youngest son ol ; Edmund Bacon, the able lawyer, and the famous wit (Ned Brace) of the i "Georgia Scenes." Foi over thirty veals he has been en::hrim d in thc hearts nf the Kop le of Edgejjeld, .,ml had i;eptj trusted hy them with I offices o' honor and profit. He was a soldier in the Florida war, and ! pomrnanded in tip- Confederate war t he gallant Tth Regiment, one of the j lour first sent to Virginia from .South Carolina. Al er the war he served ! as State Senator, .".mi in several other ; political positions. The tribute to Colonel Bacon on the day of his burial, we learn, was foll aqd ai'jeutiutf. .?Jot withstanding ; Ins unexpected death, over 1.000 cit < i Kens, of all classes, followed his re . mains, and the residents at Edgelield ; C. H. walked out a mile on foot, and opened ranks, with hals off, as the luneral cortege passed. i Colonel Bacon, like most men ol , hil age and of th? old regime, ftll too'deeply the corruption and degra dation of the gtnte, and brooded toe miich OYtr tho past, This fMa atrik m G. BA COU. OF ED ingly evidenced in bis last wandering ? words, '"I went togoto my regiment. Take me to my regiment." Such men ; c/.n be illy spared in thc?e dark and ,' degenerate days. Colonel Cucul? Wits l)ie oldest tor- ; ii!p, we believe, in thc Stale. About 1 two}ears ago, however, lie became 1 disgusted with the corruption ?uni j thievery which hail prent 'into the L turf, and Inn] terned hil al leu lion to i raisin? clouded horses, lie leaves, ! sill on g other famous racer?, Granger, Glengary, (a stallion, imported at ai cost, of? over &1.00C!') Lynchburg,] | (full brother to the famous Longfel- ' low,) Father Ryan, John Payne, Ned . Brace, and a half dozen brood mares 1 ,r (Jin-hep* Mood wirb. Lvnutici nolts. 1 - ' nttrmnm /r-'f-r.... _ -?-. COL. Titos. G. BACOX.-The pa- I pers of the State have paid hand- , some tribute to Colonel Bacon. Ile . was a brave, generous, nobie mau ; .' and although never prominent in poi- 1 i ; ?cs, was a staunch and true patriot, a brave soldier, a warm and self-.sao- -, riheing friend -a good cili/.en. Colonel Bacon, (rom I-is l.oy-hood, ? w?.s fond of Jjeld sports, and engaged 1 in them with the/.est of a tine Ku- 1 giishjuan. JI is? fondness for the chase, < was the characteristic of the young . . men of his day. Notwithstanding , this true Southern and English taste i is passing under the censure of the ' modern school, which tenches thatj virtue is lound only in. \\ .wu?iead. j i : asceticism,, we ajl k?;ow that England, : owes he;- manhood ip a great degree ; ; to the cultivation of the taste fjr oiu dcor sports. The hero of Waterloo did not con- ? ' aider it benta,'h his dignity to lead in | the fox or stag chase. And jt ia due i to this national tasie that England ; das produced the finest race of horses, for the road or for the turf, in the : world. The American roadster and racer and the best breeil of American cat- , tie, and the American taste for inde pendent coutiy life, are al! the off-1 spring of England's love of the field 1 and home. The remarkable feature of ?o\. ?.a- , con's character vfag bi* true manli ness, and his brave an?-' honest bear ing in all tho walks of life. Gener j ons and fearless-as .iome would say ; -to a fault, he never knowingly in jured a neighbor or oppressed an in : ferior ; and tue modest, simple, man- j J ly bearing of Col. Tom. Bacon will ' : be held in remembrance for many. ; years to come. We knew Col. Bacon in our boy-j ? hood, and we neyer hear,| of a breath, j ?that would, tarnish his houoiable, ? name. ? We offer this tribute toa noble! i South Carolinian, who has done much, . and who, if he were still living, : ! would do much mare lo lift South , i Carolina from her degraded position. ! -Greenville News. B. I\ BoliT-EK. j The Abbeville forts has this to ; say about the Presiden! of the Libe j rim Exodus Association : I " When he waa in Abbeville he ' Was too pour lo pay his little bills. Ho will be recollected ns one of t?? : Radical candidates, (b? kegisUv lure from Abbeville Conn ly, and af . ter hi.2 defeat he lay around the mil ; itary headquarters of the Federa) bayonet:! who were sent horn to elect such trash. After even the army . officers had become tired of him, he i went lo Cokesbury and made in liam-. matory speeches that incensed the 1 community so much that a special j , j committee would, haye waited on the ! j gentlemen if he had returned. In him discretion was the better part ol! : valor. Ile madeNewberrv ins head-' ': quarters while holding his seat, in ? , ; the Mackey Ilouse. About that lime j j his wife quietly folded her tent and N left Cokesbury, never to return." . j Ex-Judge TJ, E." Ooo kp ha's "been ; ; ncrainater^ aQ,Ro'andidate for the Leg? .j ie?alurc from Greenwllc, GEF?ELD. I NEGRO FUNERAL IN GEORGIA, [Correspondence Boston Transcript.] I dropped into a church for a few moments to listen to the funeral dis course of a coloied preacher. Ile ya? telling thi1 .'tory of the five fool sh virgins. " Now, my brelbren" .aid he, in tones one would think ivould wake the dead, " dis good bi udder !yin' yere wa'nt' np foolish virgin. lie liad his oil all ready, and K;ood oii too. He ain't, cry in' out for )il bout dis time. Yerseef den fool sh virgins, dey went to jrteep, and ?viten dev woke np dar waride damjr .,u fen wm-tmi-, a^jL tll readv 'ibbcryting wasi complete, but d^j^iidn't bab no oil A Dar war i heap trouble den, I tell you. Dey ust went cryin' and screamm'-(how ;uc preacher ?creamed.!).-for oil. It warn t no use, do. J spec like Rica rd, dey oriel out, " My kingdom for i horse, do. in dis yercase it warn't no hoi sc, only a drop ul' oil, just u tl to make a flicker. Dis good brud .ier's lamp war runnin' ober; he war i wise virgin." And the congrega tion swayed and moaned, and cried lloU'l. I followed, this funeral procession tc tl;c grays under the pines-the moaning pine, the music of which is so like that of our Newport beach -and stood the only white person nmong them; a.nd watched them low er the collin i uto its resting place. This they did with the rope rein, which they unhitched from the horse in the wagon which served as a hearse/ Never shall I forget that sceue-all those black faces turned towards the setting sun, the weird music o? their t.ineral chant, the moans and strange eries ol the whole, assembly a3 the r?d plaj was thrown in upon the col ored " I rudder" whose lamp burned brightly. " Don't yer cry, oo mo' ; but sing 'Home, Sweet Home' (a ne gro hymn) as sweetly as de departed is a singin' it wid de angels 'dis min uit." Ati 1 I came away, the music of their hymn growing fainter and fainter as 1 came up through the rose scenl ed town, till thoy W>'f* }av be hind me. hot } sha,!,! never cease to he.a,r that song. ARSENIC. The M ister of the. State Grange has issued a circular to thc local granges of Massachusetts and the State Ganges of the country on the increasing sale of poisonous articles in our markets. He calls attention to the fact that 2,327,712 pounds of arsenic have been imported into the country in a single year, each pound containing a fatal dose for about 2,300 persona. A cp,uata,D,tly in creasing quantity ci this poison goes ^utQ wa.ll paper.", while it is more aud more used in the coloring mitter ol dresses, underclothes, sock, etc. Farmers are warned to be careful in buying new kinds of cooking utensils, the marbleized iron-ware " alive with poison," which came into such exten siv? use last year, illustrating the dangers in this direction, and they are advised tq keep their eyes open generally when making purchases. Finally they are congratulated on being exempt from some dangers to which other clases are subject, as in having vinegar and pickles o}' their own make, while the $<j,>,n?ific Ameri can says t^aif probably half the vine gar noy/sol?lin cities is "rank poison^' and a Massachusetts .chemist, who analyzed twelve packages of pickles put up by twelve different wholesale dealers, found copper in ten of them, REPIXIXUS. Ob ! would that love could die, .. jg i And memories cease to be ! That a foolish kiss and a sigh j . Were nothing more to me ! Oil ! would that a summer day, A stroll 'mid the rustling corn, I Could pass from my heart away Like the little clouds at morn ! I Ah me! for the starry night, The glow-worm under the ro?e, The talk in the fading light, * Which onlyonc sad heart knows. Ah nie ! 'or the day's surprise, The love in a parting look, The watching of wistful eyes, .For the morrow that never broke. The Newberry Herald says: "jfc ie apparent to the most casual observer that there. i?v?not that -unity and strength of organization among the .Democracy that . characterized tb?* party two years ago J' THE COTTON CROP. A Cheering Outlook in Sontb Car olina Reported by the Char leston Exchange? To the President and Directors of the Charleston Exchange-Gentle men : Your committfro beg leave to submit the following report of the cotton crop in this State for the month of June. The results are based on seventy-live replies from twenty-nine counties :: The early part of June is gener ally reported too cool, and in sever al counties too wet. The latter part 1 of the month was all that could be desired. Fifty-eight report the weather for the mouth favorable and seventeen less favorable than last year. No material damage has occurred from rains, though a severe hail storm prevailed in several counties on the Oth of June. i No change is reporte'd in the extent of acreage planted. The stands, ex cept in a very few instances, are re ported from good to very good, and forming and blooming well, except in some of the upper counties, where the plant has not commenced to bloom. The contiition of the crop is' re ported by sixty-four better than last year and about ten days earlier, by seven about the same, and by four not as good. "~pfxven'!-5vu'*- Top saz,dy iands dyrag irunr- a disease caliea - o^. shin.'' and four report damage from. cut worms and lice. Your committee consider th? re ports upon the whole very favorable for a good crop. Respectfully, Robert D. Mure. Chairman, L. ?I. Walker, A. K. Taft, Committee ou Liiformatiou and Statistics of. Cb.au leslon Exchange. TifB Charleston (burier suy-s-?t? w authorised to say that all citizens of South Carolina accused ol' offences j under the kuklux law, who have left the State on account of prosecutions against t.-iem, pending in the United States Courts, may now return with safety to their homes, where they can reside without fear of further mo lestation, upon the single con dition that they be peaceful and law abiding citizens. Governor Hampton hi jQself gives the assurance that there is no longer any fisk of further pios ecntion on account of former offences. Gov. Hampton is making extraor dinaiy efforts to have the illicit dis tillers of South Carolina pardoned,, if they will come forward and give themselves up, and promise to do so. no more. He will also make an elf ?vi to have those in Northern peniteur tiaries released. An exchange teils this aw Sui trage dy. " And the wis/?a Uew. upon that woman, and whiiiedi her hat over th* j fence, and tuggedi enthusiastically j with her oveiskist, and when shebeli the front down the back IdfiW ?Ps ami when site-held the back dow a the frons, flew up. And str-aigh.tway tte fiery spirit of her sex. fcvose- w?thia heEr ami she backed up against fehe fence,. i shut her knees together on. the Ironi breadth ol' everything, pokedi tik* hair away from, hen eyes and smiled? sweetly, while the wind howled.ami shrieked around her and moaned andi sobbed and darted between her ankles,, aud found uaught Maat it could- wi# I gie except the loose end? oS a. sho* :string." Don't tell a man you^ sweat En is vulgar. Inform him that you.an* being deprived of the saline and olear ; ginous fluids of your material sub I stance through the excretories of yoi r : pellucid cuticle, with a sensible con-, i densation of moisture upon the su perfieial exterior. A cunning juryman addressed the clerk of the court when administer ing the oath, saying, M up; 1 cannot hear what you say." " Stop ; are you deaf?" asked the judge. " Yes, of one ear!" "Then you may leave the box, for it is necessary tbat jurymen should hear both sides." .- -?-- im ?-?-'. Two gentlemen were arguing in 8 pa6tuye Seid, with only a goat for an audience. In reply to a statement of one the other said: "I know, Bat-" The goat took him at hi? word, and the argument waa con' tinned on the other side of tho fence'